Severe thunderstorm warning for Grant and Kay counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
852 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC053-071-290315-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120229T0315Z/
GRANT OK-KAY OK-
852 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR KAY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES…

AT 852 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHILOCCO…TO
BLACKWELL…TO 7 MILES WEST OF TONKAWA…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS…
DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH…

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL…BRAMAN…CHILOCCO…
  HARDY…KAW CITY…KAW LAKE…KILDARE…LAMONT…NARDIN…
  NEWKIRK…PECKHAM…PONCA CITY AND TONKAWA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 230.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER… BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

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